CVE-2017-8438 (GCVE-0-2017-8438)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-06-05 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:34
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Summary
Elastic X-Pack Security versions 5.0.0 to 5.4.0 contain a privilege escalation bug in the run_as functionality. This bug prevents transitioning into the specified user specified in a run_as request. If a role has been created using a template that contains the _user properties, the behavior of run_as will be incorrect. Additionally if the run_as user specified does not exist, the transition will not happen.
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  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
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Elastic X-Pack Security Affected: 5.0.0 to 5.4.0
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